The Hindu 01.12.2015
Encroachments removed
The City Corporation has cleared permanent structures at
a few places along a water course at Jeeva Nagar leading to Ganirowther
tank, covering a 1.5 km stretch.
The action
initiated on Saturday follows repeated complaints from environmentalists
and local public about the havoc wreaked on the water body by blocked
channels.
District Revenue Officer R. Satheesh had
issued an order for removing encroachments to a distance of 15 metres
surrounding the tank.
The City Corporation used heavy
machinery to demolish the structures in an operation jointly supervised
by Erode Tahsildar Mohana, Deputy Superintendent of Police Sampath and
Assistant Commissioner of Corporation Zone II Ashok Kumar.
In
the wake of sustained campaign spearheaded by Ganirowther Retrieval
Movement, the State Government had recently sanctioned Rs. 10 crore for
cleaning the water body, beautifying it and removing encroachments.